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Design of heat exchanger with combined turbulator

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry volume 139, pages 649–659 (2020)Cite this article

Abstract

In this article, influence of inserting new turbulator on resistance and heat transfer behaviors of a pipe has been analyzed. This kind of turbulator can be utilized for retrofit applications. Turbulent nanofluid flow is imposed. Homogenous approach for nanofluid and k–ɛ approach for turbulent modeling were involved. Contours are presented for different inlet velocity and pitch ratio. Results indicated that the lower the pitch ratio, the better is the temperature gradient. Nanofluid transfers more heat with decline of pitch ratio because of lower generation of longitudinal disturbance. As inlet velocity augments and pitch ratio decreases, nanofluid can scour the wall more easily and heat transfer rate is strengthened.

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Abbreviations

Pr :

Prandtl number

f :

Darcy friction factor

p :

Pressure

P :

Pitch ratio

Re :

Reynolds number

T :

Fluid temperature

Nu :

Nusselt number

L t :

Test section length

ρ :

Density

ϕ :

Concentration of nanoparticles

μ :

Dynamic viscosity of nanofluid

α :

Thermal diffusivity

s:

Solid

nf:

Working fluid

f:

Water

s:

Particles

p:

Smooth

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Dr. Kotturu V. V. Chandra Mouli would like to thank Deanship of Scientific Research at Majmaah University for supporting this work under the Project Number No. 1440-101.

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  1. Division of Computational Physics, Institute for Computational Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Truong Khang Nguyen

  2. Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Truong Khang Nguyen

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran

    M. Sheikholeslami

  4. MR CFD LLC, No 49, Gakhokidze Street, Isani-Samgori District, Tbilisi, Georgia

    M. Jafaryar

  5. Applied Science Department, College of Technological Studies, Public Authority of Applied Education and Training, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

    Ahmad Shafee

  6. School of Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266110, China

    Zhixiong Li

  7. School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia

    Zhixiong Li

  8. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia

    Kotturu V. V. Chandra Mouli & I. Tlili

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Nguyen, T.K., Sheikholeslami, M., Jafaryar, M. et al. Design of heat exchanger with combined turbulator. J Therm Anal Calorim 139, 649–659 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08401-7

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Keywords

  • Heat exchanger
  • New turbulator
  • Nanomaterial
  • Turbulent